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Jan 1, 1500
First Nations
Boys went out to hunt, while girls and young children worked in the clearings with the women, tending to plants and the few domesticated animals. First Nations peoples placed a high value on their children and raised them with care, but that changed once the europeans came and settled in Canada, which changed it to the male-dominated system they have. -
Early European Immigrants
Higher class families wanted to continue family lineage while lower class families needed more people in the family to contribute to labour. Children and women were considered the husbands property and could sometimes be sold. Horrifying customs such as swaddling and beating children. -
Expanding Families of European Immigrants
Middle upper class children were an important part of continuing family legacy while lower class children were an economic necessity, they were necessary to provide enough labour to run the farm. Children started working away from home at shops and factories up until 1800 when labour laws were changed, then they went to school -
Families in the 19th Century
In the beginning of the 19th century, upper middle-class children are still meant to continue the family legacy and wealth while lower-class children still worked on farms, but later on in the 1800's labour laws changed and children were sent to school. Children were still working away from home at shops and factories up until the labour law changes. -
Chinese Families
Chinese families look to mainly have sons, daughters aren't celebrated like a son, carrying on the family name as well as looking after parents in old age. In China, female infanticide was an accepted practice which meant the female babies were allowed die. -
Greek Families
Children are the center of the Greek family. Parents raise their children to have a better life than them and feel the upward mobility of their children would bring the entire family more wealth status. Children are pampered when they are young, but they are included in family and community activties are expected to be respectful of adults. Expected to work hard, do good in school and go to college or university.
